Toy.



M. C. PACHECO.

TUY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3l. 1913.

1,145, 1 65. Y Patented July 6, 1915.

'mames UmTED sTATas PATENT OFFICE.

MANUEL c. rAcHEco, 10F NEW-BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, Masoni. C.PAcHEoo, a citizen of the UnitedStates,resid1ngat New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in Toys, ofwhich the fol-lowing is a specification. v

The invention' ha's for an object prlncipally to give a constructionwhereby a representation of a yehicle operated by-an erratic drive;1 and'excitedand mueh-jostled passengers may be readily made.

A parti cular-.object Ais to provide a simple mountingI and connectionfor .the figures of the passengers, whereby a. minimum number of partswill be required for supporting the figures and causing their propermovements.

Another object is 'to rovide a novel means for securing the differentialmovement of the certain parts.

A further-aim is to simplify the mounting of a revoluble axle with whichoperative vconnections for the figures are made.

Additional objects and advantages will appear, some of which will be ap)arent from the following description, an from the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side viewof a toy embody-I ing my invention, partly insection, Fig.' 2 is a. bottom view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail of thebearing for the rear axle.

There is illustrated a miniature vehicle lcomprising abody 10, which maybe of any automobile type having a front seat 11 and a rear seat l2. Itis supported by any Lsuitable number of wheels, four bemg illustinted,and the forward wheelsll may be mounted in any desi/red way for idlemovement linden forward progress of the toy'.

'The rear wheels are secured upon a.

cranked axle 16 mounted upon suitable bearings 17 at each side of thevehicle body. These bearings each consist of a -plain strip of metal 18,suitably apcrtured adjacent its ends for the reception of fasteners tohold it4 against the under side of the vehicle body, it being bentcentrally to form a U-shaped bearing 19, and being then bent outwardlyand backwardly at a sharp angle at each side of the U-shaped portion ashort distance from the center, the outer portions being brought againstthe sides ot' the .U-shaped portions and the outer end portions thenbent to lie in a plane with or slightly beyond the ,bight .of theU-shaped portion,

t-hese aiined outer portions being adapted to engage .flatlyagainst theunder side of large radius compared to the size of the device andmay-,be .of the same lor slightly different radii. The rear seat l2 isprovided with two slots 23 extending longitudinally of the toy andvertically alined with respect to the crank ofthe axle 16. Through eachof these there is projected a loose fitting figure stem 24, connected atits lower end to the adjacent crank, a small block of wood 25 beingfixedaon the upper end of each, cut in the form of. `the headedshoulders of .a human being.v The blocks are so formed as to permitmovement of the stems toI their lower limit under operation of the shaft16. The block is provided with arms 28 which may be pivoted as desiredand engaged vthereon are clothes 27, such as are pleasing to children,or suitable forv other reasons. The clothes may represent any desiredattire and the figures may be provided with nether limbs 40, ifdesired.-

It is important vto note that the slots are, centered over the axis ofthe axle, and have a length less than the diameter of the arc of thecranks. On this account, when the device is moved along the `floor thefigure stems are reciprocated, andioscillated, the oscillation being ofsuch a nature that the figures appear to vbe jostled from their seatsand to fall back again, as would be the case with passengers in arapidly moving vehicle when it 'passes inequalities in the road surface.This is dueto the fact that on upward movement of the crank, the stembeing inclined forwardly it `is-levered against `the forwardcnd of theslot as it rises until it inclines slightly rearwardly, and as the stemmoves downwardly it falls against the rearv Patentellduly 6, y1915.Application ined July 31, 1913. serial Nb. 732,316.

The axle 16 is formed with two cranks 21 and 22 which are of'fairlypresented ed. A figure 28. isiixed upon the forward seat or securedloosely thereon, representing a chauffeur, the ligure in the presentcase comprising a body portion 30, suitably formed and dressed, throughwhich there is extended revolubly a Wire stem 31 having -iiXed on itsupper end a suitably shaped head 32, the stem being extended through theseat 11 and double-cranked thereunder as at 33, the upper crank beingclose against the bottom side of the seat and the lower one of 'greaterradius extending transversely of the vehicle with the face of the head32 forwardly. `Connected to the outer end of this lower crank there is alink 34 having an eye 35 formed in its rear end, receiving one of thestems 24; slidably therethrough intermediately of its length. Thedistance of the rear end of the link above the axisof the axledetermines the length of -reciprocation of the link. The link is held atthe proper height by sliding engagement upon the floor 3l ol the vehiclebody. lit is largely concealed beneath the dress of thev adjacentpassenger ligure, which is that of a, lady. As shown, the legs 4G on thepassenger figures are centrally jointed and pivoted to the block 27, sothat they may remain upon the door of thevehicle at all' times. The toymay be moved in any suitable manner, but as shown, is adapted to bepushed from the rearby means of the pivoted handle 'l-Q., Thus, as themachine moves forward, the igures are jolted and the chauil'eur causedtoturn his head from side to side in a way suggesting uncertainty and'making it seem that the parties are going throughA -a dangerousexperience. It is of course readily possible to operate thedevice bysome familiar spring mechanism, so that .it 'will be automatic, withincreased realism, these details being such as to not requireillustration, being weil understood in the art. v v

`W hat is claimed:

il. in a toy of the class described, 'a seat element, a slot ther-ein, ashaft revoluble on seaty and a. rear seat, a

Aan axis transverse to the slot centrally there ybeneath and having aorank-almed wlth the slot, a stem pivotally connected to the crank andextended slidably through the slot, and

-a representation of a human ligure 'fixed upon the upper end of thestem and adapted to assume a sitting posture on the seatwhen at thelower limit of its movement,

the slot being oi" a length less th'anthe diam-l ingmember slidabvlyconnected with the said l member and operative connections bet-Ween thesliding member and said second device to he operated; 1

3. A toy comprising a Wheeled bodyre'pf resenting an automobile,including a front transverse revolublc crank shaft spaced beneath therear seat, slots formed in the rear seat centrally over the shaft alined`therein carrying a head for the figure and .having a. crank arm at itslower end, a link connected to the last named arm and engaged slidablywith one of said stems and means to support the link slidablyintermediately of the length of the co-engaged stem, and means tooperate the shaft.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set hand in presence of twosubscribing witv nesses.

MANUEL C. litCHEQ05 Vlitnesses JOHN PERRY, Mauunr.- M. Custronis.

"so l with the respective cranks each having a length less than thethrow of

